Gracie Films is an Californian film and television production company, created by James L. Brooks in 1986. The company has produced many award-winning films and television series, including Broadcast News, Jerry Maguire, and most notably The Simpsons. The company is primarily associated with film studio and distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment, but it still has an office at the 20th Century Fox lot as The Simpsons is still produced there.
The company's production office is located in the Sidney Poitier Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California.
Versions of the company's ending jingle is used on some Simpsons episodes in the Treehouse of Horror series such as an organ playing in a minor key accompanied by a terrified girl screaming in the background.
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